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{{short description|Historic house in Massachusetts, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Samuel Chase House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Samuel Chase House 082411.jpg
| caption = Samuel Chase House
| location = 154 Main Street,<br/>[[West Newbury, Massachusetts|West Newbury]], [[Massachusetts]]
| coordinates = {{coord|42|47|17|N|71|0|6|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Massachusetts#USA
| area =
| built = 1715
| architect =
| architecture = [[Colonial architecture|Colonial]]
| added = March 9, 1990
| mpsub = First Period Buildings of Eastern Massachusetts TR
| refnum = 90000273<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>
}}

The '''Samuel Chase House''' is a historic [[First Period architecture|First Period]] house in [[West Newbury, Massachusetts|West Newbury]], [[Massachusetts]]. Built c. 1715, it is a rare example of a brick house built during the transition between First Period and Georgian styling and construction methods. A story passed down through the Chase family says that bricks for the house were made on the family's farm and were carried to the homesite by Hannah Chase in her apron. The brick is laid in [[English bond]], and the building is seven bays wide and two stories high. The outermost window bays have been bricked over, leaving the front facade with five windows on the second floor, and two on either side of a central front door in the first floor. The first floor windows and doorway are in arched spaces in the brickwork, while those on the second floor are rectangular. The house underwent a major restoration in 1986.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=wnb.49|title=NRHP nomination for Samuel Chase House|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts|access-date=2014-01-10}}</ref>

The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places|National Historic Register]] in 1990.<ref name="nris"/>

The home of his son, [[Amos Chase]], in Saco, Maine, also still stands.

==References==
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==See also==
*[[List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts]]

{{commons category|Samuel Chase House}}

{{National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts}}

[[Category:Houses in West Newbury, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Massachusetts]]

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Samuel Chase House - Revision history

imported>Ham II: First Period → First Period architecture